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<p><del class="ministerial">194,712</del> <ins class="ministerial">307,357 </ins>dogs
were imported in total via the Pet Travel Scheme in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal
and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is unable to provide a breakdown of the number of dogs
travelling under the scheme by country as it does not hold that information.</p><p>
</p><p>The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme is taken from APHA’s system for recording
pets’ throughput based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers
of pet animals.</p><p> </p><p>The information that APHA has provided is a true reflection
of the information that is held. APHA cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data,
as it can only rely on the information that has been entered into the pets’ returns
by a third party.</p><p> </p>
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